scholarly journals A Phenothiazine-HPQ Based Fluorescent Probe with a Large Stokes Shift for Sensing Biothiols in Living Systems

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2337
Author(s):  
Yan Zheng ◽  
Peng Hou ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
Jingwen Sun ◽  
Hongxia Cui ◽  
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Due to the redox properties closely related to numerous physiological and pathological processes, biothiols, including cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy) and glutathione (GSH), have received considerable attention in biological science. On account of the important physiological roles of these biothiols, it is of profound significance to develop sensitive and selective detection of biothiols to understand their biological profiles. In this work, we reported an efficient fluorescent probe, PHPQ-SH, for detecting biothiols in vitro and vivo, based on the phenothiazine-HPQ skeleton, with DNBS (2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate) as the response unit. Probe PHPQ-SH exhibited brilliant sensing performances toward thiols, including a large Stokes shift (138 nm), excellent sensitivity (for GSH, LOD = 18.3 nM), remarkable fluorescence enhancement (163-fold), low cytotoxicity, rapid response (8 min), and extraordinary selectivity. Finally, the probe PHPQ-SH illustrated herein was capable of responding and visualizing biothiols in MCF-7 cells and zebrafish.

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (18) ◽  
pp. 3328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Chen ◽  
Peng Hou ◽  
Jingwen Sun ◽  
Haijun Wang ◽  
Lei Liu

A new cyan fluorescent probe, MIPY-DNBS, using an imidazo[1,5-α]pyridine derivative as the fluorophore and 2,4-dinitrobenzensufonate as the recognition site for the selective detection of thiols (Cys, GSH, and Hcy), was designed and synthesized. Probe MIPY-DNBS exhibited a 172 nm Stokes shift, a fast response time (400 s), low cytotoxicity, low detection limits (12.7 nM for Cys), and excellent selectively in the detection of thiols. In addition, MIPY-DNBS was successfully applied to imaging thiols in living MCF-7 cells and zebrafish.


The Analyst ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 145 (12) ◽  
pp. 4196-4203
Author(s):  
Yongchao Yan ◽  
Lingyan Liu ◽  
Chenglin Li ◽  
Zhicheng Yang ◽  
Tao Yi ◽  
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A NIR fluorescent probe PCN-BP with a large Stokes shift was developed. It displayed fluorescence enhancement and color change after H2O2 was added. Moreover, it was employed for the exogenous and endogenous imaging of H2O2 in RAW 264.7 cells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (32) ◽  
pp. 3991-3999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Zhang ◽  
Gu Weijing ◽  
Tian Cheng ◽  
Bingxiang Wang ◽  
Yuliang Jiang ◽  
...  

A novel turn-on fluorescent probe (DDND) for highly selective detection of biothiols over other amino acids was synthesized and investigated in this work, which used the 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl group as a fluorescent quencher.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (27) ◽  
pp. 5036-5042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yang ◽  
Yuanan Su ◽  
Yani Geng ◽  
Haiqing Xiong ◽  
Jinliang Han ◽  
...  

A vinethene-based fluorescent probe has been developed for the sensitive and selective detection of Hg2+ with a low detection limit, a red emission and a large Stokes shift. The probe has been successfully applied to detect Hg2+ in aqueous solutions, living cells and organisms.


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